Anyone playing 3.3 with a ten key-less keyboard & mouse, no HOTAS?

[Deleted member 110222]

Asking for a mate.

He's thinking of buying the game but doesn't want to buy a HOTAS, and is also concerned that his ten key-less keyboard won't have enough bindings for 3.3?

He's a hardcore FPS gamer so is very picky with his switches. He loves his currenrt board.

TIA.

 

[60mm]

Definitely doable. Can't say I understand playing flight games with k+m, but it's not my gaming.

 

[Deleted member 110222]

Definit

That's good to hear.

Like I say he's a real hardcore FPS player, so I do understand his desire to keep using his "baby" as he calls it.

 

[Chris Simon]

Well, when I'm at work and playing on my laptop, I play KB+M (HOTAS on the worktable would look suspicious and frankly, kind of wrong) And I haven't had a problem binding new keys after 3.3

All the new stuff is just another UI screen, basically. So you don't need MORE keys, you just have to re-bind some of the old ones. FSS for example, you can easily use QWEASD keys, there, so you don't even have to move your hand when switching from flying to scanning.
etc.

It's completely playable

 

[Deleted member 110222]

Well, when I'm at work and playing on my laptop, I play KB+M (HOTAS on the worktable would look suspicious and frankly, kind of wrong) And I haven't had a problem binding new keys after 3.3

All the new stuff is just another UI screen, basically. So you don't need MORE keys, you just have to re-bind some of the old ones. FSS for example, you can easily use QWEASD keys, there, so you don't even have to move your hand when switching from flying to scanning.
etc.

It's completely playable

Excellent. I was hoping that be the case. My own keyboard bindings could be better, so I wasn't too sure myself.

Thanks, coming from you that puts any doubt I had aside.

 

[Deleted member 115407]

Asking for a mate.

He's thinking of buying the game but doesn't want to buy a HOTAS, and is also concerned that his ten key-less keyboard won't have enough bindings for 3.3?

He's a hardcore FPS gamer so is very picky with his switches. He loves his currenrt board.

TIA.

Plenty of keys.

The 10-key is nice for things like landing gear, hardpoints, system map, etc., but it isn't necessary.

My 10-key numbers are all mapped to fighter commands, but I forget what they are anyways, so...

 

[Chris Simon]

Plenty of keys.

The 10-key is nice for things like landing gear, hardpoints, system map, etc., but it isn't necessary.

My 10-key numbers are all mapped to fighter commands, but I forget what they are anyways, so...

I'm glad I'm not the only one who constantly forgets the fighter commands.
They are one of the few things I'm too lazy to add to VA and in the end I put "Attack" command on one button I don't use and I deal with the rest via the role panel.

 

[Deleted member 115407]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who constantly forgets the fighter commands.
They are one of the few things I'm too lazy to add to VA and in the end I put "Attack" command on one button I don't use and I deal with the rest via the role panel.

lol - usually I just press one and cringe, hoping it's the right one